Well this is something we weren't expecting. Dining room tables tend to be modern, contemporary or classic, but we've dug up five that are best classified as green. Why? Well, they have things growing in, on, or around them for one thing.

Velopresso is a pedal-powered mobile coffee-maker that requires no electricity. The custom-made bicycle can switch between gears that power the bike or drive a coffee grinder. Its award-winning designers are looking to develop this as a sort of eco-friendly coffee truck on two wheels. Read on for all the details and photos.

With all the food that goes to waste in the world, it's crazy that vendors would toss a perfectly edible carrot just because it looks like something out of a Tim Burton film. Because beauty is in the eye of the beholder, one German catering company is making extraordinary meals from gnarly-looking ingredients.

With gardening season comes the pressing, almost consuming urge to compost. No? It smells, you say? Well thank the Japanese for bokashi composting (and kewpie mayo), cause your fertilizer costs and subsequent odors just dropped to zilch.